Edmund Morris
Edmund Morris
27 May 1940 – 24 May 2019- Books
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Arthur Edmund Morris (May 27, 1940 – May 24, 2019) was a South African and American writer, known for his biographies of U.S. Presidents. His 1979 book The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and was the first of a trilogy of books on Roosevelt. However, Morris sparked controversy with his 1999 book, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, due to its extensive use of fictional elements.
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Edmund Morris is widely recognized for his comprehensive biographies of U.S. Presidents, particularly his Pulitzer Prize-winning work on Theodore Roosevelt.
The Theodore Roosevelt series by Edmund Morris should be read in the following order: "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt," followed by "Theodore Rex," and concluding with "Colonel Roosevelt."